It's like --you want to crank it up just that tad more to get a nice rockin' volume to liten,but the mastering won't allow it cuz it starts biting your head off. VERY annoying with SO many newer releases! Yup-- I do recall both the WS and VH discs have this issue. Altho--they sound good in my 'phones. I'm guessing that's because you really only have so much of a threshold when you use 'phones,or you'll go bloody deaf--fast. T